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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. Set of principles that dictate the sequence and function of words in a sentence in order to convey meaning - must include grammar - sentence types - and mechanics of language






2. A score to which raw scores are converted by numerical transformation ( conversion of raw scores to percentile ranks or standard scores)






3. A step taken by school personnel to determine which students are at risk for not meeting grade level standards.






4. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.






5. A way of describing - in standard deviation units - a raw score's distance from its distribution means.






6. Developmental Auditory Impercepion - Dysphasia - Specific Developmental Dyslexia - Developmental Dysgraphia - Developmental Spelling Disability






7. Open syllable






8. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






9. Explicitly teaches strategies and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning






10. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






11. An ability test is designed to measure either your general intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area. For example






12. Are standardized and measure your progress and achievements as a student.






13. Screening test. Elementary age only. Asks test taker to name the letters of the alphabet






14. Standards of Personal Conduct - Standards of Professional Conduct - Conflict of Interest - Confidentiality






15. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






16. The number of words a student can read correctly in a given period of time.






17. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail






18. Effective for special needs - Uses all possible senses - tracing - saying - listening - looking - Typically called VAKT - Visual - Auditory - Kinesthetic - Tactile - Can be used with either Phonics or Whole Language






19. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






20. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






21. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






22. Normalized standard scores with a range of 1 to 9. They are status score within a particulur norm group.






23. A spoken or written unit that must have a vowel sound and that may include consonants that precede or follow that vowel. Syllables are units of sound made by one impulse of voice.






24. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






25. Supported only by "qualitative research" instead of quantitative research - Teaches "whole words" in word families - Students are not explicitly taught that there is a relationship between letters and sounds for most sounds






26. Federal Law. Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs receiving federal $$ - Civil Rights Law - to protect people with disabilities by allowing full participation in the workplace.






27. An objective test that is given and scored in a uniform manner. Scores are often norm-referenced. For example SAT






28. Wide Range Achievement Test






29. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)






30. State Law. Requires testing - Requires that students enrolled in public schools be tested for dyslexia. - Requires treatment (teaching)






31. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development






32. Feeling through fingertips






33. Edward III - English again becomes the official language of the state -Chaucer - Canterbury Tales - English borrows from Latin and Greek languages - Anglo-French compounds appear (gentlewomen - gentlemen - faithful - etc) - Latin layer of language -






34. Vowel team syllable (digraph - dipthong)






35. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






36. A term coined by Stanovich to describe a phenomenon observed in findings of cumulative advantage for children who read well and have good vocabulary and cumulative disadvantage for those who have inadequate vocabularies and read less and thus have lo






37. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






38. Ability to understand and express spoken language






39. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






40. Initial Reading - Letters represent sounds - sound-spelling relationships

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41. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.






42. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






43. Proceeds from the whole to the part - suggests that processing of a text begins in the mind of the readers. Meaning is brought to print not derived from print.






44. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






45. Children may be physical and socially immature - may be awkward in social situations - may have difficulty reading social cues - may have trouble finding the right words - stammering. - may feel anxious in school






46. Study of how morphemes are combined into words - must include study of base words - roots - and affixes






47. Words that are able to be broken apart by the position of the vowels and consonants in order to pronounce.






48. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






49. Expects child to learn reading as "naturally" as speech - Uses child's oral language as content for reading - Uses child's oral language as basis for spelling instruction - Children learn to "read" by reading and re-reading "big books" together with

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50. A morpheme attached to the end of a word that creates a word with a different form or use. Suffixes include inflected forms indicating tense - number - person and comparatives.